Andrew Schneider writes about public health and worker safety issues. His stories run the gamut from investigations of corporate and government cover-ups of toxic perils, to stories about gutsy federal , medical and industry workers doing what's right, to what makes the shrimp in your refrigerator glow at night and why white truffles might be worth $4,000 a pound.

Judge Donald Molloy recessed the trial before it started, saying he’s waiting for a medical report on whether an ill juror is too sick to continue and will have to be replaced by one of the three alternates.
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